Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth!

Who wouldn't love chocolates, candies, jelly beans, licorice, jaw breaker, chewy gums and more? My husband loves chocolates, candies and all kinds of sweets. He never fails to buy a chocolates whenever he goes grocery shopping. My son has gotten used to seeing sweets at home, so now, he would asks for chocolates or candies even chewy gum. I love chocolates, too! I wasn't that picky at all when it comes to chocolates, but when I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I have to changed the chocolates from regular to sugar-free ones. I am glad because I can still eat sweets as long as they are sugar free. And I really like the Almond Bark - Sugar Free - Milk Chocolate it is so yummy! The almond makes it crunchy. Anyway, if you are looking for brand name chocolates, candies, chocolates bar or even Mints or Wrigley's Gum, there is a place online store. They sell huge selections on brand names candies, chocolates, chewy gum, jaw breaker, jelly bean, licorice and more, you will find them there. You will find what you are looking for in this online candy store. They have all kinds of candies, from brand name, candy types, sizes, shapes and gifts for all occasions. So stop starving yourself, visit their website now for more choices. Since Easter is just around the corner, I will get my son a Bouquet - Candy Basket and my hubby, a Cadbury chocolate and a hard candy; and a Gummi Bears - Sugar free - Assorted for me. For all chocolates, candies and more sweets need, this online store is the place.

Gourmet Chocolates

Who wouldn't love chocolates? Everyone in my household likes it; and that is the main reason you will always find chocolate in our kitchen. We specially love the ones with nuts in it. My husband is the one that buys them; and every time I ask him to pick something up at the grocery store, sure when he gets home, there's chocolate in the bag. Anyway, since I am stuck in front of the computer most of the day, makes me lazy to get up and buy chocolates at the store, so what I do when that time happens, I just order them online. Gertrude Hawk Chocolates are my favorites. Do you know that they have most delicious gourmet chocolates that I have ever tasted in my entire life? Yup, they have dark chocolates, Chocolate Smidgens, Caramel Dipped Apples, Chocolate Covered Cherries, Chocolate Covered Pretzels, Fresh Fudge, Sugar Free Candy to name some. Since Valentines Day is just around the corner, Valentine Chocolate is already available to purchase online. I am sure my husband is going to buy me one from Gertrude Hawk for he knew that that is my favorite brand. I love it that they have sugar free chocolates and candies also which are good for diabetic person like me! So if you are thinking of buying your sweetheart a gift this Valentines Day, Gertrude Hawk is the place to order Valentine Chocolate.

Poisonous Chocolates on Halloween Day!

This is very scary! With this chocolates made from China, melamine is very dangerous and hope Philippine children didn't get any of the candies contaminated by melamine. I decided not to buy chocolates today even 'though they are on clearance sale. I'd rather not send my nieces chocolates at all than get sick.

As the busiest night for kids descended on some Asian households Friday (31 Oct), many parents were spooked by a real threat lurking inside candy, especially those made in China _ the industrial chemical melamine.
"Of course, it's always better to look and be careful and make sure that nothing slips by," said Felix Barrientos, who took his masqueraded child to the front lawns of Manila's posh Magallanes gated community, where residents set up stalls with candy bowls.

"We more or less know which ones are on the banned list. It has been widely disseminated," he said.
Similar stories were heard in other parts of Asia, where Halloween parties are mostly reserved for American expatriates and other foreigners but have of late caught on with wealthier Asians.

In Bangkok, Thailand, Chompoonuch Kitsomsub, a mother of four, said she is not buying any candy from China. She took her kids trick-or-treating in an expatriate neighborhood where they "serve safe candy."
Her daughter, 5-year-old Yayee Kitsomsub, dressed as Batgirl, said, "We know we need to be careful because bad people put bad things in the candy."
Milk powder contaminated with melamine has been blamed for the deaths of four infants and for sickening about 54,000 others in mainland China.
Melamine is used in the manufacturing of plastics, fertilizer, paint and adhesives, and has been added to dairy products to make them appear more nutritious. Health experts say ingesting a small amount poses no danger, but in larger doses, the chemical can cause kidney stones and lead to kidney failure.
Magallanes and many other wealthy communities in Manila have adopted U.S.-style Halloween traditions, but giving away candy and dressing in spooky costumes is still a novelty for the rest of the Philippines, where half of the population wallows in poverty.
Outside the high walls, smooth roads and freshly cut grass, there are no carved pumpkins and corn stalks and most people are preparing for Saturday's (1 Nov) All Saints Day, one of the most important days in the Roman Catholic calendar when Philippine families head to cemeteries to pay respects to the dead.
But for those with money to spread around, the fear of melamine is this Halloween's biggest scare.
"I'll go through their candies and check and make sure that everything is OK," said Rachel Traupe, an American expat with a daughter dressed like Princess Fiona from "Shrek."
Other parents expressed similar worries, saying they would screen candy and weed out those made in China.
Agile Zamora, a mother dressed in black with a witch hat, said she was careful where she bought her supply of sweets.
"I worry about melamine, but we bought this in a good store," she said while handing over packed cookies to a crowd of ghosts, witches, a Spider-Man and lots of small bloodied faces.
Philippine health officials have banned all Chinese-made milk products until they are tested, but only about half a dozen Chinese dairy products have been found to be contaminated with melamine.
Brazilian Lucy Beauchamp was buying sweets at a Bangkok supermarket for kids trick-or-treating in her apartment building.
"I'm trying to find things that don't have any milk _ that's the key," she said. "Nobody is really going for the chocolate. This time, Halloween is going to be lots of jellies."
But Beauchamp said it was difficult to determine if a product originated in China, complaining that labels in Asia often had so many languages that the writing was too small to read, and in some cases were covered with Thai-language labels that she couldn't understand.
She pointed to a bin of small chocolates wrapped in bright foil and covered with white, Thai-language stickers. "This one here is probably 100 percent Chinese, and I won't touch it!" (By HRVOJE HRANJSKI/ AP

Fannie May, everybody's favorite!

I love chocolate so much that my husband buys me every time there is an occasion to celebrate. I especially love those chocolates with nuts in it; they are so yummy and tasty. But before we go further talking about chocolate, let me tell you about Fannie May; don’t confused it with the Fannie Mae, the federal national mortgage association that is being place on conservatorship due to the housing market downturn late last year ( Sept.7, 2007). These two companies are different from each other, but have similarities when it comes to the sounds of their names, Fannie Mae and Fannie May and the financial difficulties they have faced. The chocolate company which is Fannie May luckily regained their position few years as a high quality gourmet chocolate with 100% proven satisfaction. 1-800-flowers.com bought it years later after the bankruptcy. Fannie Mae on the other hand, is still on the stage of difficulty. Going back to chocolate, Fannie May; I am glad they made a chocolate which is sugar-free, that means I can still eat chocolate even though I am diabetic now and good for my husband is trying to loose weight. One thing I like about them is they make wide variety of chocolates to choose from like truffles, sugar-free, and chocolate fudge. Want to try gourmet chocolates? Visit their website and experience the goodness of the chocolates they offer.